Fireman&#39;s ax



Nov( 1'7"l 1925.

C. JOHNSON FIREMANS AX' Fild larch 6. 1925 vawww/sto@ V C Jamara.

4Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHRIST JOHNSON, OF SHELBY, MONTANA.

FIREMAN S AX.

Application filed March 6, 1925.

To LZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHRIST JOHNSON, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Shelby, in the county of Toole and State ot' Montana, have invented certain new and usel'ul Improvements in Firemens Axes, ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved fire mans ax and seeks, among other objects, to provide an ax which will fully meet the peculiar requirements of a ireman as regards a tool of this character.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide an ax not only having a bit but also having a pick point, either of which may be used with equal facility.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide an ax wherein the bit will be in the shape of a hook which may be engaged over a beam or the like so that the ax may be used to assist a fireman in climb ing while, when the ax is not in use, the hook may be engaged over the arm or over a belt ot the iireman so that the ax may be 25 readily carried.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved iiremans aX;

Fig'. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In carrying the invention into effect, the ax is formed with an elongated eye 1() which, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is elliptical in crosssection. The eye receives an appropriate handle 11. Extending Jfrom the forward side of the eye at its outer end is a pick point 12 rectangular in cross-section. The pick point is preferably straight and gradually tapers to a sharp piercing' point. Located at the rear side of the eye 10 is a bit 13 which, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with flat side faces converging to define an arcuate cutting edge 14, and extending from the upper end of the bit is a straight Shank 15 integral with the outer end of the eye at its rear side. As shown in Fig. 2, the

Serial No. 13,480.

shank 15 oi the bit extends in'alinement with the pick point 12 and, as will be observed, the flat side faces of the shank converge at the same angle as the fiat side faces of the pick point. liurthermore, the side taces of the shank 15 merge with the angular side faces of the bit 13 so that the upper end oi the bit and the shank thus denne an elongated wedge well adapted to pry apart boards or timbers. Formed on the bit at its lower end is a rearwardly directed toe` 16 tapered toward its tree end and provided with a terminal rounded but-ton 17. The toc may, oit course, be used as a pry and it is now to be noted that the bit 13, shank l5, and toe 1G torni a hook which may be readily engaged over a` timber or the like so that the ax may be employed to assist a i'ireinan in climbing. Furthermore, said hook may be engaged over `the belt of a fireman and the ax thus conveniently carried. The bit entends parallel to the axis oi the eye and preferably said bit is longer than the eye while the toe curves upwardly and inwardly toward the eye.

Having thus described t-he invention, what I claim is:

l. A tool comprising a shank having an eye at one end and a bit at the opposite end, both the bit and the eye extending laterally from the same side ol the shank in parallel relation, 4and the bit having a projection at its free end in the plane oi the shank and extending toward the eye and curving toward the eye and shank and terminating in` an enlargement.

2. In a iiremans ax, the combination olf an eye provided at one side thereof with a prong extending laterally from the outei.' end oi the eye and at its opposite side with. a laterally directed shank cntendinglator ally' from the outer end ol" the eye in alinementwit-h said prong', the shank being formed at its outer end with a depending bit longer than the eye and provided at its' lower end with a rearwardly directed toe curving upwardly toward the eye and cooperating withy the bit and shank to define a hook.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signa ture.

CHRIST J OHNSON, [L s1. 

